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September 15, 2015 C-1981-010/Trapper Mine TNL <br />Inspection Topic Summary <br />NOTE: Y=Inspected N=Not Inspected R=Comments Noted V=Violation Issued NA Not Applicable <br />Y - Air Resource Protection <br />R - Availability of Records <br />R - Backfill & Grading <br />R - Excess Spoil and Dev. Waste <br />R - Explosives <br />Y - Fish & Wildlife <br />R - Hydrologic Balance <br />R - Gen. Compliance With Mine Plan <br />N - Other <br />NA - Processing Waste <br />R - Roads <br />Y - Reclamation Success <br />Y - Revegetation <br />NA - Subsidence <br />Y - Slides and Other Damage <br />Y - Support Facilities On-site <br />Y - Signs and Markers <br />NA - Support Facilities Not On-site <br />NA - Special Categories Of Mining <br />R -Topsoil <br />COMMENTS <br />This was a complete inspection of the Trapper Mine; C-1981-010, operated by Trapper Mining Inc. The <br />inspection was completed by Tabetha Lynch with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. <br />Graham Roberts with Trapper Mine was present during the inspection. It was cloudy with wind in the afternoon. <br />AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS — Rule 5.02.4(1): <br />The mine records were checked at the mine office. See end of the report for details. <br />BACKFILL and GRADING — Rule 4.14 <br />Contemporaneous Reclamation 4.14.1; Approximate Original Contour 4.14.2; Highwall Elimination 4.14.1(2)(f); <br />Steep Slopes 4.14.2, 4.27; Handling of Acid and Toxic Materials 4.14.3; Stabilization of Rills and Gullies 4.14.6: <br />The Operator is concurrently backfilling behind the mining operations. <br />EXCESS SPOIL and DEVELOPMENT WASTE — Rule 4.09 <br />Placement; Drainage Control; Surface Stabilization: <br />Horse Gulch Fill appeared stable. No slumps in fill were observed. <br />EXPLOSIVES — Rule 4.08 <br />Distance Prohibitions 4.08.4; Warnings 4.08.4; Control of Adverse Effects 4.08.4: <br />A parting shot was conducted east of the Molly Brown dragline at approximately 3pm on September 15, 2015. <br />The appropriate radio warning communications were announced as well as the warning sirens. <br />The latest available blast record was for a blast conducted on September 9, 2015, record number LD05CQ. The <br />record appears to be in order. Compliance and the maximum weight of explosives used per 8 millisecond period <br />was below the required threshold. The nearest building was Coy house at 7667.8 ft. It was a coal shot at pit LD5 <br />with a max lbs./8ms delay period of 275. <br />Number of Partial Inspection this Fiscal Year: 2 <br />Number of Complete Inspections this Fiscal Year: 1 <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />